I began drawing recently on a more constant level, and while I improved quite a lot for what I used to draw, I'm still struggling with some things.

Most importantly, my problem is foreshortening.

On most angles that are around 90º in relation to the ground (front views) I end up getting it somehow by trial and error, but it takes me quite a while and I would like to speed up the process.

Specially on bottom/top views which have a larger foreshortening distortion, those seem to be harder for me and take me a longer time, and sometimes I cant even get them right no matter how much I try.

I could use a reference, like posing a 3D model on Design Doll, but I dont want to depend on something else when I draw, so I figured I would ask for some help from this community to improve my drawings.

About the construction, I can do a construction in easy angles pretty well, though I have to make many lines to get it right. Its one of those things of "I know it's right when I see it" so I just draw a lot of construction lines until one ticks in my head, but needless to say thats a pretty dirty way of working, and my sketches end up being really messy.

So, if you had any help for that too so I can make my sketches faster and cleaner, that would be appreciated.

Here is an example of one of my sketches so you can see how I work, so you can tell me how to improve.

Alright so I tried again that technique from the video about using the joints as axis for reference when posing objects in space, and now that I have a bit more experience with drawing, it seems that works better for me.

I also saw another very helpful tutorial for construction on his channel that I will link for anyone with my same issues when building characters from scratch:

Not only did I make the sketch way faster than usual, but the pose is more dynamic as he says in the video and Im really glad about it, Im tired of drawing stick figures lol.

I see a huge improvement on that last drawing from my old foreshortening drawings, mostly on time taken, i did that in about 5 mins, normally I would have got 20 mins and I would probably still not be happy about it.

The leg could improve, I believe it should be a bit bigger (the one that is foreshortened) but still Im very glad I tried this again.

Big thanks for pointing this tutorial to me again! I will practice this technique!